Question.
Friends have told me that my 6 month old dog has got what they say is an
"overshot jaw"? What exactly is an "overshot
jaw" If they are correct is it something that
will improve when the dog gets older, because he is still only six
months old and I was hoping to show him when he is older?

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Answer: An overshot jaw
is one in which the upper jaw extends over the lower jaw by
a noticeable amount - more than approximately 1/4 of an inch or 2 mm.
and the teeth do not meet in what is called the required normal,
"scissor bite" with the upper teeth extending just slightly
over the bottom teeth.

An undershot jaw is just
the opposite, it occurs when the lower jaw extends quite a considerable
amount beyond the upper jaw. Both conditions are serious faults in
the Show ring for some breeds. However it is a common condition with
bulldogs.

As your dog is still young,
there is a chance that the condition will improve. I have known
cases where this has happened when there was not a serious over-lapping of one
jaw over the other, but is that if there is such marked
extension of the upper jaw over the lower jaw that your friends noticed it, I am
afraid that it is unlikely to improve.